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Definition of repairable in English:

repairable

adjective

1(of something damaged or faulty) able to be restored to a good condition.

‘a damaged car chassis is usually not repairable’

‘Laptops exposed to small amounts of spilled liquid are repairable in some cases.’

‘There were signs that his vision might be repairable.’

‘We are assessing the damage now, we don't know if it's going to be repairable in a day or if it will take longer.’

‘Having considered the life cycle and likelihood of failure of the television, we will now consider the disposal of the television once it has failed in a fashion that is not economically repairable.’

‘A neighboring church has also apparently collapsed, and repairable damage to surrounding buildings is extensive, including damage to One Liberty Plaza across Church Street to the east.’

‘Other concrete structures on the university campus, such as a footbridge between Alcuin College and the library, need to be replaced, but many, like bridges leading to the Central Hall, are repairable.’

‘No one was injured and it is thought the aircraft is repairable.’

‘Fingers crossed my computer is repairable ... and that I can afford the repair bill!’

‘If the wiring leading from the thermostat to the furnace fan is not repairable, replace it.’

‘"There were a few structural cracks, all of which were repairable," he said.’

‘An HPI check revealed that the car had been designated a category C write-off in July, meaning "extensively damaged but repairable".’

‘While most of the youths treat the watches as "use and throw" stuff, the watch sellers themselves say most of these gadgets are repairable.’

‘The concrete was damaged to depths of 3 feet or so; nevertheless it retained its functional use and was repairable.’

‘Some equipment was repairable, but about 3,500 hours of work was lost.’

‘I'm not convinced that these doors are repairable, especially considering that they are made of wood.’

‘All the paintings were said to be repairable.’

‘They discovered that about 1,000 repairable bikes are being sent to the scrap heap each year.’

‘They first thought that the bike was repairable, or so it looked, but the garage said apparently the computerized measurements revealed the forks were bent and they had to replace both of them.’

‘We live in an age when just about all our electronic devices are designed to be disposable rather than repairable.’

‘Gas valves are not repairable.’

1.1(of an unwelcome situation) able to be put right.

‘the bad characters in the novels are mostly forgivable and the harm they do usually repairable’

‘The international damage, not to mention the national, will take decades to repair, if indeed it is repairable.’

‘These are not the relatively isolated and repairable environmental problems of the past.’

‘What happens if one of the partners stray - is a marriage repairable?’

‘There were times he'd look at her with genuine tenderness and regret, a look that made her heart leap with hope that things might be repairable after all.’